Below you’ll find an excerpt from the introduction to a panel I moderated at the Charleston Conference titled Capitulating or…
Envisioning Feminist Leadership – AAUW Keynote, 5-9-2019
Below is the script of my keynote for the Valparaiso, Indiana branch of the American Association of University Women annual…
My time.
This May Day, 2019, marks two years since I started work at the University of Rochester. I continue to be…
Shakespeare Camp
Hey. Did you know when I was a child in the mid-nineties I went to Shakespeare Camp for several summers…
Book Donations – A Tough Talk
Maybe your library has a publicly posted policy against taking any book donations (or most). Maybe your library’s collection is…
Collection Solidarity
Recently, I have been working with two undergraduate students as part of the River Campus Libraries’ Career Exploration In Libraries…
California Dreamin’
Yesterday, the University of California publicly walked away from negotiations with Elsevier to take control of their research and the…
Dismantling “Likeability”
This post is inspired by an article published by Natasha Quindlin, titled “The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and…
The Collection is a Garden.
Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of my employer. I wanted to write about weeding…
Letter to ALA
On January 28th, at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, April Hathcock, an ALA Councilor and library leader, was verbally assaulted…
